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The automotive design process may have changed over the years, moving from mechanical tools to digital, but there’s one thing that hasn’t changed: tape. Ford has just released a new video showing off its vehicle design process for the 2015 Mustang and highlighting just how important low-tech tape is to the process.

As it did back in the ’60s, the design process for the 2015 Ford Mustang began with pen and paper. Once Ford‘s designers sketched out their ideas on paper, the team created what would become the new Mustang on their computers, using computer-aided design (CAD). The digital three-dimensional renderings are then re-created in clay. That’s where the tape comes in.

According to Ford, its designers use the tape to show the clay modelers the lines they’d like to see on the car. The tape allows the designers to precisely and consistently show what lines should go where on the car’s sheetmetal, ultimately resulting in stunning new cars like the 2015 Ford Mustang.
You can check out how Ford used tape to design the 2015 Mustang in the video below.